Monitoring the effect of urban green areas on the heat island in Athens

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 275-292

  Zoulia, I ^a   Santamouris, M ^a   Dimoudi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heat island; Microclimate; Monitoring; Urban green areas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH BUILDING; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MICROCLIMATE; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; MICROSCOPIC LEVELS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL CONDITION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN GREEN AREA; URBAN GREEN AREAS; URBAN LOCATIONS;

HEAT FLUX; LOCATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT ISLAND; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; URBAN AREA;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HEAT ISLAND; MICROCLIMATE; MICROSCOPY; NATIONAL PARK; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN GREEN AREA;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68649122897     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0483-3     Document Type: Article

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